Airbus has also taken a radical approach to the plane cabin on board the concept plane, which is stripped of an economy, business and first cabin and instead features interactive zones. The plane’s design would also enable passengers to look up at the sky, literally, through a “transparent wall membrane.”

All sound a bit pie in the sky? Airbus believes their design could form the basis of a future passenger jet. We’ll let you decide.

What others have said

I call BS. This is Airbus telling us what they would like us to say. What air traveller doesn’t prioritize comfort and speed? Only 5% said they’d want to arrive at their destination sooner? What kind of masochists did these people interview? Maybe if they only interviewed people who flew business or first exclusively, then the statistics make sense. But the vast majority of the economy-flying public want more space and to get where they need to go ASAP, super or even hypersonically if at all possible, greenly or no.